Poker Hand Nicknames

For many experienced poker players, the cards they hold are not just aces, queens or tens. Here are some of the most intriguing and unusual nicknames that were given to various poker hands and card combinations.

AK - Big Slick (a slippery hand that can cause a huge lose), Walking Back to Houston, Anna Kournikova (Like the AK, looking better than they play) AQ - Doyle Brunson, Little Slick, Big Slut, Big Chick, Antony & Cleopatra, Mrs. Slick AJ - Ajax, Jackass, Apple Jacks, Blackjack A10 - Johnny Moss, A9 - Rounders Hand (from the film), Jesus (Chris Ferguson defeated TJ Cloutier at the 2000 WSOP tournament with this hand against Cloutier's AQ) A8 - Dead Man's Hand (Just before Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed, he was holding this hand) A7 - Slapshot A6 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (he has a famous song called "Sixteen Tons") A5 - High Five A4 - Transvestite (When you look at the first card it's an ace, then you take a peek at the second card and at first it looks like another ace and you're all excited, but then you see it's only a four, hence - Transvestite) A3 - Baskin-Robbins (Because the A is also a 1, this makes 31 for 31 flavors), Ashtray A2 - Arizona (The letter Z looks like a 2)